Let’s learn about the tiny, yet numerous world of bugs with this Bees & insect theme preschool ! Children will have fun with these engaging bug math ideas, insect crafts, fun Insect Activities for Preschoolers, free bug printables, and more! These ideas for a bug theme preschool, toddler, pre-k, and kindergarten students are perfect for a spring theme or summer theme!
Insect Preschool Theme
Children are fascinated with creepy, crawly bugs and insects! The world is like a giant I Spy game for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners. They look for them on the grass, pavement, trees, plants, and in the house. Kids just seem to be drawn by these multileg fascinating animals that are so small, but unique from the larger animals we see at the zoo.Unlike moms who are grossed out by finding a spider or bug, kids get excited to catch them – want to to keep them – and investigate. This fun insect theme preschooldraws on students natural interest to keep them engaged in learning all week long.
Bug Theme Preschool
Whether you are a parent, teacher, homeschooler, or daycare – you will love thisinsect lesson plans for preschool complete with insect printables, bug math, insect activities for preschoolers, and more to keep kids learning while having fun with abug theme preschool.
Insect Books for Preschoolers
To start of yourinsect lesson plans for preschool, grab some fun-to-read and educational books from the library or your favorite book source. Use one of these two options for using books in your bees and insects theme:
See Also
Bugs and Insects Preschool Theme20+ Bug Games for Preschoolers - Stay At Home EducatorBug Games: 28 Insect Themed Games & Activities for PreschoolersFree Insect Preschool Lesson Plans - Stay At Home Educator- Read a different book each day of the week, Monday through Friday.
- Or read your favorite book each of the week. Don’t worry about boring your kids as they love repetition so don’t worry about boring them!
Insect Crafts
You will love adding one of thesebug crafts to your week! There are lots of fun, simpleinsect crafts for preschoolersto choose from.
- Turn a paper plate into a butterfly from FIreflies and mud pies
- Make a paper plate ladybug from Journey to SAHM
- Fun-to-make Butterfly Craft
- Try this fun paper plate bee craft from Simple Everyday Mom
- Create spring cards: bee, butterfly, and ladybug from I Heart Crafty Things
- Make a fun and easy bee puppet source
- Create bee finger puppets from A Dab of Glue will Do
- Put together a coffee filter butterfly from Crafts by Amanda
- Tissue Paper Butterfly Craft
- Your kids will love making this beautiful dragonfly craft from Projects with Kids
- Try on this bug-eye mask craft for kids from Daisies and Pies
- Make a pipe cleaner bee from Blissful Domesitcation
- Put together a toilet paper roll bee from Homeschool Preschool
- Put together a bee life cycle craft from Non toy gifts
- Try making this easy peg dragonfly from The Craft Train
Bug Math
Adding some cute bugs with an insect math activity makes kids more eager to learn and review!
- Play a bee counting game
- Complete these bee math worksheets
- Practice measuring bugs
- Play a catch 20 bugs game
- Color a free count to 10 bugs coloring book
- Try a count to 30 bugs activity
- Play a honey bee color matching game from Simple Fun for Kids
- Practice counting bees with fun worksheets from JDaniel 4’s Mom
- Play a bumblebee addition game from Free Printable Worksheets for Kids
- Try ECO-friendly math games with DIY Bee math counters from The Educators Spin on It
- Fill out busy bee count and graph worksheets from Homeschool Preschool
Literacy activities
Practice prewriting sills, alphabet matching and more with bees, spiders, and more!
- Read a bug printable sight reader together
- Make a letter bug busy bag from The Educators Spin on It
- Prepare for writing with this fun prewriting bug printable from Artsy Momma
- Learn to draw bugs with a fun writing activity from Royal Baloo
- Strength your child’s fine motor skills with an insect fine motor pack from Gift of Curiosity
- Play an alphabet match game with a spider theme from J Daniel 4s Mom
- Make a bee corner bookmark from Red Ted Art
Insect Activities for Preschoolers
Looking for fun, cleverbug activities for preschoolers? Try these!
- Ladybug Life Cycle Activities from Natural Beach Living
- Make a pattern block beehive from Gift of Curiosity
- Explore pollination with a fun science experiment from J Daniel 4s Mom
- Try a handprint life cycle of a butterfly activity from School Time Snippets
- Make a pitfall trap to study insects from Rainy Day Mum
- Your kids will love these bug action movement cards from Messy Little Monsters
- Cut and paste with this fun ladybug activity from The Art Kit Blog
- Dance and communicate like bee from Rainy Day Mum
- Make a bug hotel from FIreflies and Mudpies
Bug Printables
Plus don’t miss all these freeinsect printables from coloring pages to insect bingo, insect worksheets, and more!
- Bugs I spy worksheets)
- Butterfly Life Cycle Theme Worksheets
- Bee Do-a-Dot Printables from Gift of Curiosity
- Bee Sudoku from Gift of Curiosity
- Insects Printables Pack source
- Super cute Insects Bingo from Gift of Curiosity
- Bugs and Beetles Coloring Pages from Planes and Balloons
- Printable Butterfly Life Cycle Coloring Book from The Natural Homeschool
- Honey Bee Life Cycle Worksheets from Living Life and Learning
Bee Activities for Kids
- Bee Counting Game
- National Honey Bee Day Activities for August 17th
- B is for Bee Handprint art
- Bee Number 1-12 Worksheets
- Sorting letters with curves and no curves Bee Activity for Preschoolers
- Sorinting bees –Bee Printable Visual Discrimination
- Ten Frame Bee Math
- Bee Theme for Preschoolers
- Rhyming Match Beehive Jive
- Potato Stamped Bumble Bee Craft
- Letter B Printable Weekly Theme for Preschoolers
Insect Worksheets for Preschool
If are looking for morebug activities for preschoolers, toddlers, and kindergartners – including lots of free insect printables, you will love these FREE resources:
- Peek-a-Bug Insect Alphabet Printable – four abc games to help kids learn their ABCs, match upper and lowercase letters, and more!
- Ladybug Ladybug Activities for Preschoolers activity for pre-k and kindergarten
- Bug Free printable sight word games is a simple-to-play way to practice sight words with preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students
- I is for Inchworm insect activities including a worm observation book
- Stamped Potato Bee Craft for spring
- Cute Spider Name Craft
- Firefly Preschool Counting Worksheets
- Gummy Worm Edible Slime
- Fun, hands-on Spiders Activities for Preschoolers Activities
- Quick-and-Easy Spider Slime
- All About Earthworm Life Cycle Worksheets
- Insect Printables for Preschoolers 1-10 Coloring Book for preschoolers
- Ladybug Life Cycle Worksheet Pages
- Bug color by blend worksheet – Coloring by Blends
- Free printable Life Cycle of a Spider for Kids worksheets
- Ladybug Life cycle for Kids worksheets
- Life Cycle of a Mosquito Printables
- Free Bee Counting Game
- Lots of fun, hands-on learning ideas in this Free Insect Activities for Preschoolers
- Bee and Insect Theme Preschool
- SUPER cute Spider math activities for preschoolers with Playdough Mats
- Fun, Insect Telling Time Puzzles
- Catch 20 Bug Counting Activity for Pre-k and Kindergarten
- Ladybug Addition Math Game for Kindergartners and Grade 1 students
- Bug free printable sight word books pdf – children will cut and paste sentences, color the insect coloring pages, and practice reading sight words
Insect Printables
- Free Printable, Simple Bug Coloring Pages for kids
- Shape Spider Worksheets Preschool and Kindergarten
- Insect Worksheets to learn about lots of different bugs in our world
- Practice Letters A-Z with these Free Insect Printables
- Learn all about ants with these creative ant activities for preschoolers
- Bug Math Worksheets for pre-k and kindergarten students
- Cute Bug Counting Bugs Worksheet
- Measuring Lines of Bugs Preschool Measurement Worksheets
- Count and Clip Bugs Counting to 30 Worksheets
- Buzzing Bees Numbers 1-12 Worksheets
- I Spy Printables pdf – bug activity sheets
- Bee CVC Words Activity for Kids
- Bug Themed Find the letter worksheets pdf
- FUN Backyard Critter Bug Worksheets for Kindergarten
- Ladybug Counting Mats
- Silly Worm Count to 10 Sticker Worksheets
- Free Printable Insect Mini Book to learn about bug life cycles
- Hands-on Spider Shape Activities for Preschoolers
- Free, Educational Insect Coloring Pages pdf for kids
- Help children work on spelling their name with these insect free printable name recognition activities
- Plus don’t miss these fun-to-read bug books for preschool
Preschool Theme Ideas
Looking for morepreschool themes? You will love our ever growing themes complete with themed crafts, activities, math, literacy, and more ideas!
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- See all of our preschool themes!
- Cute Alphabet Coloring Pages helps build vocabulary and work on beginning sounds and phonemic awareness
- Printable Alphabet Letter for Crafts – we have a printable letter craft for every letter of the alphabet A to Z
- Letter Recognition Worksheets – find and dab the upper and lowercase letters in these super cute ABC printables!
- Simple free alphabet worksheets to color and trace letters
- How cute are these letter find pumpkin worksheets for preschool
- Practice uppercase letter tracing with these super cute animal alphabet cards A-Z
- See all of our FREE ABC Printables here!
- Work on preschool colors with these free color worksheets
- Preschool Math is fun with one of our hands-on activities and free printables!
- Learn your shapes with these fun Preschool Shapes Worksheets
- Make one of our adorable printable hat crafts like this popular turkey hat printable
- Apple Worksheets Preschoolhelp kids practice a variety of math and literacy skills with this September theme
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- Work on shape recognition with these Road Shapes mats
- These Free Printable Animal Masks Templates are so much fun! Which animal will you choose?
- Learn by topic with one of our fun, free preschool themes!
- See all of our preschool worksheets here including math, alphabet, printable crafts, playdough mats, and more!
- Celebrate the letter of the week with these adorable, Free Alphabet Hats
- We have lots of themed worksheets like these super cute Frozen preschool worksheets
- Pirate Color by Number Preschool is a fun way to work on letter recognition while strengthening hand muscles
- Color, Read and Learn your letters with this printable alphabet book pdf for each letter A to Z
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- Tons of Bingo Dauber Printables to use with bingo marker, do a dot markers, or circle stickers
- Shaped Alphabet Coloring Pages
- Free Playdough Mats to work on shapes, numbers, colors, alphabet letters, and more!
- Learn about other countries around the world with our free country coloring pages
- Super cute Transportation Playdough Mats are great for building hand muscles while having fun! Plus don’t miss all our free printable playdough mats for preschoolers
- Plus check out our huge list of recommended Books for Preschoolers by topic
